The National INSPIRE geoportal http://geoportal.gov.cz is project is successfully aiming towards its end, the new data sharing module will be available shortly. It will handle data access, provisioning and licensing among national and European institutions in both horizontal and vertical level. Members of the INSPIRE Coordination Committee forming the national coordinating and steering body will gather on October 5th to discuss the status of INSPIRE activities and plans for the

CEN/TC 287, AGI Scotland and smeSpire invite you to the workshop “Smart approaches vs traditional methodoligies: What are the benefits and pitfalls for SME’s and Public Authorities”, which will be held in Edinburgh (Scotland) the September 12th 2012, an interactive workshop that will raise awareness of the difficulties encountered in complying with standards. Scrutinizing these issues will hopefully lead to problem solving strategies which will be of benefit to SME’s

The first progress meeting of smeSpire will be held in Edinburgh (Scotland) the September 11th 2012. The progress of the project tasks already started will be presented, together with the first draft methodology to conduct in the 12 participating Member States the study to assess the market potential for the geo-ICT SMEs in relation to